Ecosystem
What is an ecosystem
Living and non living things that interact in same area
Organisms that eat can make their own food
what is a producer
A structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment
What is an adaptation
the physical adaptation of camouflage helps animal by
What is blending into surrounding
Name three non living things found in an ecosystem
What is sun, water, soil...
An organism that eats other organisms
What is a consumer
migration, hibernation, and playing dead are examples of
behavioral adaptations
How can you tell between a decomposer and a producer
producers are green plants that use photosynthesis to make their own energy and decomposers break down dead material
a very dry terrestrial ecosystem that has cacti, camels, and scorpion
What is the desert
An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material
What is a decomposer
spraying, claws, tails, mimicry, and camoflauge are examples of
What is physical adaptations
why would sharp claws help an animal survive
What is climbing trees, hunt prey, and digging
A terrestrial ecosystem that has high precipitation and lots of plant/animal diversity
What is the Rainforest
Food chains pass what between organisms
What is a energy
swim fast / move through water
If an animal had thick fur, a large layer of fat, is white what ecosystem do you think they would live in
What is snowy, cold, tundra, or artic
what aquatic ecosystem has still water, tall wooded trees, alligators, frogs, and snapping turtles
What is a swamp
In this food chain, what would happen if you removed the cricket
grass-> cricket->bird
1.) The grass population would go up
2.) the bird population would go down
An adaptation that prey use like spraying or playing dead helps the animal do what
What is avoid predators
before that organism the population goes up from lack of predator and after that organism goes down because of lack of food to eat